Report: Knicks to Play 76ers at Madison Square Garden on Christmas

One of the NBA's Christmas Day matchups may include the two of the bottom four teams from the Eastern Conference last season as Spike Eskin of Sports Radio 94WIP in Philadelphia reports the 76ers and Knicks are slated to play in Madison Square Garden on Christmas.

The Knicks are Christmas Day regulars, having played on Dec. 25 seven of the last eight years going into this season. The Knicks have not had the best of luck in these contests, only going 2-5, with six of these games happening at Madison Square Garden.

The Sixers have not taken the court on Christmas since 2001 when they lost to the Lakers in a rematch of the previous season's Finals. Philadelphia has been hot topic this offseason after trading up for the No. 1 pick in the draft to add Markelle Fultz to their young core of Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons and Dario Saric. They also added veterans J.J. Redick and Amir Johnson in free agency.